William married Mary Ellen (nee Nesbitt) in 1884 in Shawville Quebec. He took his growing family west in 1905 to the newly formed province of Saskatchewan. They first homesteaded in Gap View in the south eastern corner of the province near what would become Moose Mountain Provincial Park in 1908.
The Gap View farm, however, could not provide an adequate living. As crops continued to fail, William Frederick started looking for a more suitable location with better prospects. In the spring of 1909, he and his twin sons, Gilbert and Ernie, headed further west to the Assiniboia district located in the south central area of Saskatchewan and settled on land in the RM of Stonehenge #73, six miles northwest of what would eventually become the settlement and then village of Assiniboia.
William Frederick farmed until 1934 then he and Mary Ellen retired to the town of Assiniboia while their son, Chester, took over the family farm. William Frederick died in Assiniboia in 1937 without ever returning to eastern Canada.
William married Mary Ellen (nee Nesbitt) in 1884 in Shawville Quebec. He took his growing family west in 1905 to the newly formed province of Saskatchewan. They first homesteaded in Gap View in the south eastern corner of the province near what would become Moose Mountain Provincial Park in 1908.
The Gap View farm, however, could not provide an adequate living. As crops continued to fail, William Frederick started looking for a more suitable location with better prospects. In the spring of 1909, he and his twin sons, Gilbert and Ernie, headed further west to the Assiniboia district located in the south central area of Saskatchewan and settled on land in the RM of Stonehenge #73, six miles northwest of what would eventually become the settlement and then village of Assiniboia.
William Frederick farmed until 1934 then he and Mary Ellen retired to the town of Assiniboia while their son, Chester, took over the family farm. William Frederick died in Assiniboia in 1937 without ever returning to eastern Canada.
Family Members
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James Arthur "Arthur" Schwartz
1886–1970
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Edith M Schwartz Roluf
1888–1974
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George Gilbert "Gilbert" Schwartz
1890–1979
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Ernest "Ernie" Schwartz
1890–1980
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William Edgar Schwartz
1892–1901
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Hilliard Schwartz
1894–1896
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Mary Ethel Schwartz
1896–1896
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Milton Ebert Schwartz
1898–1898
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Loverright Oswald Victor Ebert Schwartz
1899–1899
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Private Clifford Sifton Schwartz
1902–1960
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Ermine Proudlock "Irven" Schwartz
1906–1986
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Hazel Irene Marie Schwartz Hunter
1911–1991
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